Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments str1 = getCommandOutput("E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqladmin.exe -uroot -pvortex --port=3306 ping") If Instr(str1,"alive") > 0 Then WScript.Echo 1 Else WScript.Echo 0 End If Function getCommandOutput(theCommand) Dim objShell, objCmdExec Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set objCmdExec = objshell.exec(thecommand) getCommandOutput = objCmdExec.StdOut.ReadAll end Function